Clasp.



No. 764,823. PATENTED JULY 12, 1904. M. & L. RUBIN.

CLASP.

APPLIOATION FILED .APR. 4, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

WITNESSES: v lNVENTOR S .ALQLW -.e. em/M W ATTORNEY.

UNTTED STATES Patented July 12, 1904.

PATENT QEETQE,

MAX RUBIN, OF MORRISTOIVN, NEIY JERSEY, AND LEO RUBIN, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.; SAID LEO RUBIN ASSIGNOR TO JULIUS JANOIVITZ, OF

NEIV YORK, N. Y.

CLASP.

SPECIFICATIDN forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,823, dated July 12,1904.

Application filed April 4, 1904. Serial No. 201,373. (No'medeh) I0 (LZZwhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MAX RUBIN, residing at Morristown, Morris county,New Jersey, and LEO RUBIN, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city,county, and State of New York, citizens of the United States, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps forearing-Apparel, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a new and improved clasp forwearing-apparel which is simple in construction, holds articles of anytexture or thickness firmly and securely without injuring them, and canbe applied or attached easily and readily and holds thick or thinfabrics equally well without requiring any change or adjustment.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of referenceindicate like parts in all the figures, Figure 1 is a face view of theimproved clasp for wearing-apparel with the male member in a pocket.Fig. 2 is a similar view of the clasp without the pocket. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view of the male and female members as closed orapplied. Fig. l: is a horizontal sectional view of the male member. Fig.5 shows both members bent up from wire and engaged. Fig. 6 is alongitudinal sectional View of the same. Fig. 7 is a horizontalsectional view of the male member.

The female member is struck up from sheet metal or made from wire andconsists of an elongated loop A, which is contracted near one end toform the open eye A and inclined sides B between the eye A and theopposite end of the loop, which opposite end A is attached to a tape 0.

The male member D consists of a base D, provided with a longitudinalslot D forming two spring-shanks or side arms E, which can be movedtoward each other and move from each other under the action of theirinherent spring tension.

At the inner edge of each side arm E at upwardly-extending spur F isformed a short distance from the outer end of the slot D.

At that end of the male member D opposite the open end of the slot D themetal forming the base portion of said member is bent and curved oversaid base portion to form the spring-arm G, which is movable toward andfrom the base portion, and consequently, also, toward and from the spursF.

Figs. 1 to 4 show the male member made from sheet metal, and Figs. 5, 6,and 7 show it bent up from wire; but the essential features are thesame, as both constructions have the base portion slitted longitudinallyto form the two spring-arms E, movable toward and from each other andeach having an upwardlyextending spur F and said base portion bent atone end on itself to form the spring-arm Gr, extending beyond the spursF and movable toward and from the same and the base portion. In bothconstructions the male member is widest at the open end of the slot andtapers toward the opposite end.

A pocket J is formed in any suitable manner in the end of asuspension-tape K, to which tape K the tape C is to be attached, andinto this pocket the male member D is inserted in such a manner that itsbase rests upon the bottom of the pocket and the wider end of the saidmale member is at the lower end of the pocket, the width of the pocketbeing about equal to the width of the male member at its wider end.

The article of wearing-apparel to be held is placed upon the malemember, and then the female member is pressed upon the article in such amanner that part of said article and the upper part of the male memberproject up into and through the larger opening of the female member, andthen one member is moved.

lengthwise of the other until the spurs F pass into the eye A. This ispossible, as the spurs F can move toward each other when passing throughthe narrowest part of the female member A and then again snap outwardwithin the eye, thus preventing accidental disengagement of theparts-that is, disengagement without the application of power or force.IVhen the male member is within a pocket J, the operation and action arethe same. WVhen the male member is to be concealed in the pocket, itneed not be finished or polished, thus greatly reducing the cost ofmanufacture.

In all cases the spurs G can give toward each other to permit theirentering the eye A and so as to remain in the same until forciblyremoved, and the top spring-arm G can move toward and from the spursthat is, in a plane at right angles to that in which the spurs F movetocompensate for thicker or thinner material that is being held.

If desired, the spurs may be provided witl sleeves m, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 4, to prevent them from cutting the fabric.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a clasp for wearing-apparel, a male member having twolaterally-movable springarms, a spur projecting upward from each and aspring-arm projecting over and beyond said spurs, and movable toward andfrom the same, substantially as set forth.

2. In a clasp for wearing-apparel, a male member constructed with twospring-arms, movable toward and from each other, each having anupwardly-extending spur, a short distance from the free end of saidarms, and a spring top plate extending over said spurs and movabletoward and from the same, the

said male member being wider at the free ends of the laterally-movablespring-arms than at the opposite ends, substantially as set forth.

3. In a clasp for wearing-apparel, a male member having two spring-armsmovable toward and from each other, which arms are flared from eachother, toward their free ends. a spur extending upward from each arm,and a spring-arm extending over said spurs, and movable toward and fromthe free ends of the same, substantially as set forth.

4. In a clasp for wearing-apparel, the combination with a femalesection, consisting of a loop, contracted a short distance from one endto form an open eye, of a male member having two spring-arms movabletoward and from each other and each provided with a spur and aspring-arm extending over said laterally-movable arms and spurs andbeyond the latter and movable toward and from said spurs, substantiallyas set forth.

5. In a clasp for wearing-apparel, the combination with a female memberconsisting of a loop contracted near one end to form the open eye A, andthe inclined parts B, of the male member D constructed with twolaterally-movable spring-arms, each having a spur, part of the metal ofwhich the male member is made, being doubled on itself in the form of aspring-arm extending over and, beyond the spurs and movable toward thefree ends of the same, whereby shoulders are formed for engagement withinclined parts B of the female member, substantially as set forth.

6. In a clasp for wearing-apparel, the combination with a pocket ofsuitable material, of a male member D inserted in said pocket, whichmember has two laterally-movable springarms,each provided with a spurand the springarm G extending over and beyond said spurs, and movabletoward and from the same, and made integral with the laterally movablespring-arms, and a loop-shaped female member adapted to receive saidmale member, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAX RUBIN. LEO RUBIN. Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, PERCY B. MAYER.

